Writing on the walls… When you walk around in the bigger cities of Greece, you will quickly notice brightly colored street art, political slogans or animated figures splattered across the walls of nearly every concrete building.
Greece gave rise to the word graffiti, the term coming as it does from the Greek root graphie (to write)
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Athens Spotlighted is a program that wants to promote the city of Athens in all its aspects: culture, food, shopping, nightlife, etc. The card is free and offers all visitors discounts to several museums, shops, restaurants etc.
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Many students learning Greek love to read books written by Petros Markaris. He mostly uses daily language and his stories are related to contemporary Greece.
Greece has so many nice museums and so many nice songs! So let’s listen to a song about visiting a museum! We made a Greek listening exercise for you. Listen to the song and try to fill out the gaps in the lyrics under the video. Enjoy!
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Ramon from Spain has to travel to Greece for a project in his University. He travels for the first time to Greece, explores a village in the Peloponese, tastes a bit of Greek culture and spends time with Greek students of his age. His life changed …
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Greek dances can be found in many places in Greece, also at Omilo!
But in Athens you find a special museum, a living museum dedicated to the Greek dance. What makes it special is that it is not just housed in a building. It is a living museum with dancers, lots of spectacle and a school providing courses, workshops and lectures. Here below more information about this museum and dancing group, founded by Dora Stratou.
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We have said it so many times to our students, Athens is great! Have a look at the New York Times video below!
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The Athens Festivals are something all Athenians are looking forward to !
In summer, everybody gets into a great mood and tries to enjoy the nice things of life.
The cultural life in Athens is just amazing: exhibitions, concerts, music bands, street dancing, theater performances,
book fairs, nights of open air cinema, bike rides and festivals for every taste.
They are also a great asset to those that can’t afford to go on holidays “out of Athens”.
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What about a walk in the Athens “Gazi area”?
Thiseio, Plaka, Psirri and Monastiraki are beautiful neighborhoods and maybe more known, since they are also the famous touristic areas. But Athens has more neighborhoods close to the city center, which are excellent for a walk and entertainment. One of them is “Gazi”.
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